Woodlands Farmhouse

TQ 49 SE CHIGWELL LAMBOURNE ROAD 5/19 No. 79 (Woodlands 12/11/80 Farmhouse) - II

Lobby-entrance house, early C17, timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Aligned approx. NE-SW, aspect SE, with central chimney stack, forming a lobby-entrance. Central rear wing, forming a T-plan, with extensions on both sides, making up a rectangular plan. The extension in the N angle is a lean-to, forming a catslide roof. In the W angle there is an extension with a pitched roof parallel with the main block. 2 storeys. Ground floor, central door of 4 flush panels with shallow bracketed hood, one window each side (boarded over in June 1983). First floor, 3 C20 casement windows. Central chimney stack has grouped diagonal shafts, rebuilt in the C19. There is some weatherboarding on the NE and NW elevations. Edge-halved and bridled scarf joints in wallplates of front range; this roof not accessible. Rear wing has arched primary bracing in walls, curved queen struts and side purlins, without collars.

Listing NGR: TQ4676493551